A Band Of Brothers
This book takes the reader on a great journey, one filled with excitement and sadness. The reader is a rifleman in Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army, the greatest rifle company in the world. It all starts at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, then escalates to D-Day (Their first combat jump), and then to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest at Berchtesgaden. Basic Training at Fort Toccoa was the toughest BT in the Armed Forces. At Toccoa, they took in baby-faced recruits and turned them into lean, mean killing machines. Each of the 140 men and 7 officers who had come to Ft. Toccoa had either been an athlete or a hunter in high school. Toccoa was so tough that many of the OFFICERS didn’t make it through there. The instructors in Georgia were very tough on these men
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Flying Normandy, Ft Toccoa, Currahee Indian, Easy Company, Nest Easy, Eagles Nest, Band Brothers, Forces Toccoa, Berchtesgaden Nazi, Finally American, easy company, eagles nest, company world, physical condition, 3 miles, ran hill,
Approximate Word count = 551
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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